Ammunition Factory Khadki came into being on 16th December 1869 as a Small
Arms manufacturing unit of the British Government. Regular production of
ammunition cartridge using gun powder for Sniders Rifle and Henry Martini
Rifle commenced in 1872. In 1886, manufacture of Cartg 0.303" magazine
rifle was established using cordite (made from nitrocellulose and
nitroglycerine paste) propellant. In 1914 there was an expansion of
manufacturing facilities at Ammunition Factory Khadki & different types of
primary explosives like mercury fulminate, lead azide, lead styphnate and
filling of caps, detonators, percussion fuzes & different pyrotechnique
stores were introduced at Ammunition Factory Khadki for meeting the
requirements of war in Asia & Africa.